Michael Morell

El funcionamiento de la CIA y la vida de sus agentes.Michael Morell, que ha sido director adjunto de la CIA de 2010 a 2013, estaba junto al presidente Bush el 11 de septiembre de 2001, cuando se produjo el ataque a las torres gemelas, y junto al presidente Obama el 2 de mayo de 2011, mientras se desarrollaba la operacion que condujo a la muerte de Osama bin Laden. Durante estos años, Morell ha estado en el centro de la politica norteamericana de informacion y de guerra en las sombras. Sus memorias nos muestran con una nueva luz la historia de la guerra contra el terror, vista desde los lugares de direccion: la intervencion en Afganistan, los errores que condujeron a la guerra de Irak, la lucha contra al-Qaeda, la frustracion de la Primavera arabe, el caso SnowdenMorell, que trata de justificar el uso de la tortura en los interrogatorios y admite que no siempre han apoyado la democracia, nos lleva al centro mismo del poder y nos muestra como se toman realmente las decisiones, con margenes de duda e incertidumbre que se ocultan al publico.

Similarly to See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agencyfull of secrets and mystery. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation" by Politico, Michael Morell was a top CIA officer who played a critical role in the most important counterterrorism events of the past two decades. Morell was by President Bushs side when terrorists struck America on 9/11 and in the White House Situation Room advising President Obama when America struck backkilling Osama bin Laden. From the subway bombings in London to the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Morell always seemed to find himself on the cusp of history. A superb intelligence analyst and briefer, Morell now presents The Great War of Our Time, where he uses his talents to offer an unblinking and insightful assessment of CIAs counterterrorism successes and failures of the past twenty years and, perhaps most importantly, shows readers that the threat of terrorism did not die with Bin Laden in Abbottabad. Morell illuminates new, growing threats from terrorist groups that, if unaddressed, could leave the country vulnerable to attacks that would dwarf 9/11 in magnitude. Along the way Morell provides intimate portraits of the leadership styles of figures ranging from Presidents Bush and Obama, CIA directors Tenet, Goss, Hayden, Petraeus, Panetta, and Brennan, and a host of others.